1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 8
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
Harold Spence (R) won with 85.5% of the vote, defeating Paul McKinney (D) by 71.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Harold SpenceRepublican · winner
85.5%53,201
Paul McKinneyDemocrat · incumbent
14.5%9,031
62,232 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET